Aoto Station
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is a railway station of the Keisei Electric Railway
in Katsushika
, Japan
. The station is served by the Keisei Main Line and the Keisei Oshiage Line.
s in different levels. The top level platform is for down trains (for Narita etc.) and the middle level platform is for up trains (for Ueno etc.).
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railways main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and...
in Katsushika
Katsushika, Tokyo
is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It lies in the northeast of the ward area. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 429,289 and a density of 12,600 people per km²...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The station is served by the Keisei Main Line and the Keisei Oshiage Line.
Layout
The station has two island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
s in different levels. The top level platform is for down trains (for Narita etc.) and the middle level platform is for up trains (for Ueno etc.).
History
- December 19, 1931: Station opens
- March 24, 1982: Oshiage Line outbound track elevated
- May 18, 1983: Main Line outbound track elevated
- July 24, 1984: Main Line and Oshiage Line inbound tracks elevated
- October 1986: Station construction completed